Deadline: February 6, 2020, 11:00 p.m. (Brussels time)
ARCHIPELAGO is a 4-year European programme, funded by the European Union in the framework of the EU Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF) for Africa.
Its main objectives are to improve the employability of young people through targeted technical and vocational education and training (TVET) measures and to support the growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
The programme supports partnership projects in 12 countries in the Sahel and Lake Chad region: Burkina Faso,Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana,Guinea, Ivory,Coast, Mali,Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.
Following the first call for proposals (which was launched in April 2019), asecond call for proposals has been launched with the aim of supporting partnership projects to be implemented in the 12 target countries.
Funding from the European Union (EUTF for Africa) will be used to support partnership projects that provide vocational training and create new employment opportunities for young people in African countries.
Whom do we fund?
The applicant will be a Consortium composed for the purpose of this Call of at least two partners: one from one of the African countries covered by the present call for proposals (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal) and the other from one of the Member States of the European Union. The principle approach is the implementation of targeted partnership projects between African and European and Business Support Organisations (BSOs) and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions with the objective to provide labour market relevant TVET training.
Participation in the call for proposals is open on equal terms to legal and non-profit making persons. The applicants will be business support organizations, public and private training centers and community-based organisations, with experience of involvement in actions related to vocational training and business development services.
Benefits:
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Each selected project will receive a grant of between €400,000 and €500,000. Each grant may cover 100% of the total eligible costs of the project.
Eligibilities:
- Eligible Countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.
- Acceptable Course or Subjects: The program provides vocational training and creates new employment opportunities for young people.
- Admissible Criteria: There are three sets of eligibility criteria, relating to the actors, the actions and the costs. Click on the given link for whole information regarding eligibility.
What do we fund?
Our four priorities are to better match the offer (skills available on the market) to the demand of labour (generated by the local private sector and productive economic growth):
- Private Sector and youth are aware of the chances offered by TVET in order to better match the offer of labour to the market needs
- Youth is trained and has skills according to private sector needs and identified economic potentials and value chains
- Local economic development and entrepreneurship is enhanced
- Performance and service provision of Business Support Organisations (BSOs) and entrepreneurship & vocational training centres in the Sahel region and Lake Chad are improved.
How to apply:
- Just go to WETRANSFER.COM
- Click on the + sign and add the files you want to send.
- Type in the ARCHIPELAGO submission email address: [email protected]
- Now type in your own email address.
- Please give reference number of the call and, if you want, write a short message.
- Then simply hit the transfer button and you’re done. It’s simple, secure and free of charge.
- Supporting Documents: Documents must be sent at the same time as the application form.
- The statutes or articles of association of the lead applicant, (if any) of each co-applicant and (if any) of each affiliated entity.
- Audit report produced by an approved external auditor.
- The external audit report is not required from the co-applicant(s)) or, if any, the affiliated entities.
- A copy of the lead applicant’s accounts of the last three years (the profit and loss account and the balance sheet. For more information go through this link.
- Admission Requirements: For taking admission at the university, applicants are required to meet the entry requirements.
- Language Requirement: If English is not your first language then you must submit a copy of a recent English language test certificate (not more than two years old at the proposed date of admission) or provide details of when you are going to take the test.
